What it takes
It takes a dog to cry
What it takes a boy must die

What it takes sometime
Before midnight
What it takes

It takes a life

'Cos I was o' so young

Misshaped before my time
Ride metallic monsters
And there's mud in your eye

For lady do or die

It makes a woman bleed

Can't give her all her needs
Close the door before you leave
Can almost hear her breath

It's a shame "what you've become"
The things I do for love
On this road tonight

Looking for her candlelight
For lady do or die
For lady do or die


Tumbleweed, passing by
Train whistle start to cry

More people start to die
I don't know why
God knows why


I wonder what it takes
To free someone

I wonder what it takes
Free you from your prison


Kings of the road keep travelin' on
Every mile a ragged woe
Kings on the road keep smiling on

Play the guitar and sing the blues and cry
Play the guitar and sing the blues and cry
Play the guitar and sing the blues and cry


For lady do or die
For lady do or die

For lady do or die
For lady do or die


For lady do or die
Play the blues and cry
For lady do or die

Play the guitar
For lady do or die
Sing, sing the blues and cry

For lady do or die...